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The Moon on Friday, February 25, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on February 25, 1966Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 February 1966396,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 25, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
396,080 km246,113 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 20, 196610:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 28, 196610:15

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Friday, February 25, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1966 to the new moon of March 22, 1966, a cycle of 29.75 days.